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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Format</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Group</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">New Group</b> to open the <b class="uiTerm">New Group</b> dialog box.
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            <p class="para_item">In the graphics window, select the object that you want to be grouped. You can select curves, sketches, solid bodies, sheet bodies, points, datums and so on as objects.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">(Optional) In the <b class="uiTerm">New Group</b> dialog box, in the <b class="uiTerm">Name</b> box, enter a name for the new group that you want to create.
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            <p class="para_item">Select the <b class="uiTerm">Unique Membership</b> box to set the unique membership property for the newly created group.
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            <p class="para_item">This ensures that the currently selected object cannot become a member of another group.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b> or <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> to create a new group.
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